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Bill Gates-backed startup makes ‘butter’ out of water and carbon dioxide (www.zmescience.com)

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A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t that what it’s always been made of?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Hydrocarbon chains? Yes. The success is that this process doesn’t involve cattle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Germany managed to make butter out of coal during WWII.